Remember to Display Green Decals to Avoid Fines

Remember to Display Green Decals to Avoid Fines

Fairfax County residents are reminded that they must display their green
Fairfax County tax decals for 2006 on all vehicles or risk getting a
ticket and a fine. Law enforcement officers will be checking vehicle
decals closely next week.

Police and sheriff departments from Alexandria City, Fairfax City, Falls
Church City, Manassas City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun
County, Prince William County, the town of Herndon and the town of
Middleburg participate in a regional effort to enforce the display of
decals. Decals should be placed next to the state safety inspection
sticker, and the prior year’s tax decal should be removed. Motorcycle
decals should be affixed to the bike’s fork next to the state safety
inspection sticker.

By law, the deadline for displaying the green 2006 decals is Nov. 15.
After Nov. 15, law enforcement personnel in participating jurisdictions
will issue tickets to drivers of vehicles without decals or with expired
decals (e.g. last year’s red decal).

Decals can be obtained at the Fairfax County Department of Tax
Administration, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 223, in Fairfax.
Decal fees are $25/car, truck or van; $18/motorcycle; and $23/taxicab.
There is no proration for decals. Vehicle decals will be issued at no
cost to active duty military personnel who reside in the county due to
military orders, and who are the sole owners of vehicles garaged or
parked in the county and who maintain their legal residences in a state
other than Virginia. Vehicles with out-of-state license plates are
required to display a county decal if they are garaged here. Vehicle
taxes and tickets must be paid in order to purchase decals.

Residents of the towns of Herndon and Vienna must purchase town decals,
available from their respective town halls. Residents of the town of
Clifton must purchase a town tag from the town clerk.

For more information, call the Fairfax County Department of Tax
Administration at 703-222-8234 (español 703-324-3855), TTY 703-222-7594,
or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dta. For 24-hour
recorded information, call 703-324-INFO (4636), TTY 711.

To request this information in an alternate format, call the Office of
Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.